Documentary-fiction film «The Fugue».
Cast: Vladimir Steklov, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Olga Gobzeva.
The film is built from newsreel footage of practically every country and people, shot from the late 19th century through to the 1980s.
Running through the picture, like a dotted line, is a parallel fictional storyline featuring well-known actors.
The film was made entirely «without words»: no actors’ dialogue, no narrator’s commentary, no on-screen text.
The idea of the film fits a single laconic aphorism: «In the 20th century, mankind became mortal».
Prize «For Talented Direction» at the First All-Russian Festival of Non-Fiction Cinema in Volgodonsk.